The cast-iron classic currently rises 85 feet from the curb divided between five stories. Presently, the space offers up 24,834 square feet of space, but post-conversion the building will grow a sixth floor.
Current plans call for the ground floor and cellar to be leased out as retail space, with floors two through six to be leasable office space. The added sixth floor will be created out of a red-brick facade to match the style of the extant building. The new space will be featured as a penthouse duplex, which will also come with its own private terrace.
In a joint venture with the family who owns the building, development and design firm, Flank has undertaken the task of bringing essentially what stands as a frame of a building into a habitable space.
Other than the addition of the sixth floor, facade changes are minimal; the most noticeable will be changing the color from its original iron gray to a much brighter cream. Fire escapes will also be removed from both front and rear facades.
Front windows will be replaced with new two-over-two, double hung, wood windows, to match what is presently in place. Two new windows will also be added to the fifth floor. The building’s rear windows will be replaced with aluminum units and cast iron will be rehabilitated where needed.
The renderings show a clean minimalist façade with fourteen balconies, and two outdoor terraces on the rooftop, divided by a brick wall. The façade will be composed of traditional brick, with terracotta feature panels covering a fifth of the building’s front. The ground floor will have aluminum frames around separate entrances for residents and the medical offices.
We have learned that the site will be divided into two addresses, 132-25 and 27 41st Street. The 112-foot tall structure will yield 51,260 square feet, with 25,570 square feet dedicated tor residential use, and 15,490 square feet dedicated to community facility use. That space is expected to become ten units of medical offices. 33 apartments will be created, all of which will be market-rate one-bedroom units. A below-grade parking garage will be included, with a total capacity for 40 vehicles.Tenants will have a grand lobby, storage units, bicycle storage, and a terrace garden on the 2nd floor.
The project is located just three blocks away from the Greenpoint Avenue subway station, serviced by the G trains. The existing structure had functioned as the parish hall for a nearby Episcopal church, Church of the Ascension. Developer Chris Horrigan, of Horrigan Companies, purchased the site in July of 2015 for $4,050,000, along with air rights from the church’s place of worship at 127 Kent Street. The building had been used as a relief spot during Hurricane Sandy. The project has since passed hands, and now SL Development is leading its dramatic transformation and residential rebirth.